The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding.

Quote by Louis D Brandeis

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I abhor averages. I like the individual case. A man may have six meals one...

I abhor averages. I like the individual case. A man may have six meals one...

The world presents enough problems if you believe it to be a world of law...

The world presents enough problems if you believe it to be a world of law...

Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said...

Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said...

If we would guide by the light of reason we must let our minds be...

If we would guide by the light of reason we must let our minds be...

The greatest menace to freedom is an inert people.

The greatest menace to freedom is an inert people.

The most important political office is that of the private citizen.

The most important political office is that of the private citizen.

The logic of words should yield to the logic of realities.

The logic of words should yield to the logic of realities.

The logic of words should yield to the logic of realities.

The logic of words should yield to the logic of realities.

Those who won our independence... valued liberty as an end and as a means. They...

Those who won our independence... valued liberty as an end and as a means. They...

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

When a child is learning to write, it is extremely easy for it to hold...

When a child is learning to write, it is extremely easy for it to hold...

What we call happiness in the strictest sense comes from the (preferably sudden) satisfaction of...

What we call happiness in the strictest sense comes from the (preferably sudden) satisfaction of...

I missed you...and at the same time I was happy. Isn't that a queer thing?

I missed you...and at the same time I was happy. Isn't that a queer thing?

Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through...

Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through...

On the highway of life, we most often recognize happiness out of the rear view...

On the highway of life, we most often recognize happiness out of the rear view...

There are short-cuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them.

There are short-cuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them.

The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the...

The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the...

Im on the pursuit of happiness and I know, that everything thats shining aint always...

Im on the pursuit of happiness and I know, that everything thats shining aint always...

You say you have thousands of my days; but I have thousands of moments, in...

You say you have thousands of my days; but I have thousands of moments, in...

Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.

Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.

It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the...

It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the...